Florida one of the worst states for children's health care

| 4/24/2018

Florida one of the worst states for children's health care

Florida ranks 38th among all states when it comes to children’s health according to WalletHub. The company wanted to find which states had the most cost-effective quality health care for children and their findings are unsettling. Only 12 states (plus the District of Columbia) are worse. Some other statistics for Florida: 49th for children with "excellent or very good teeth"; 49th for overweight children; 45th for children who have been to a preventative doctor or dentist visit in past year. See more Florida stats in the story from WalletHub, here. Also read more at Action News Jax and the Northwest Florida Daily News.

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